Residents of high mountain villages, where there are no cinemas, will have the opportunity to watch this year’s Ukrainian premieres for free and talk with the creators of “Wild Field”, “Crazy Wedding” and other films that have recently been released in Ukraine.
The organizers spoke about this on Saturday, December 22 in Ivano-Frankivsk during a press conference on “Days of Ukrainian Cinema”.
“Exactly a year ago, on the initiative of the Chairman of the Committee on Culture and Spirituality, Mykola Kniazhytskyi, this project was launched – a free showing of modern Ukrainian cinema in the highland villages of Hutsul Oblast, where there are no cinemas. At that time, few people believed that it could be implemented. However, a year ago, about three thousand spectators visited the film festival in Verkhovyna. Tomorrow, the third “Days of Ukrainian Cinema” festival begins in the Carpathians, and its geography is expanding.”
– said Mykola Tipusiak, deputy chairman of the board of the NGO “All-Ukrainian Democratic Forum”.
Anastasia Pugach, press secretary of the “Molodist” KMCF noted:
“A year ago, we first held days of Ukrainian cinema in Verkhovyna, and then we had the idea that such a project for cities where there are no cinemas should be implemented throughout the country, and we were supported by the Ministry of Information Policy. Modern Ukrainian cinema has really been revived. It is high-quality, competitive and diverse. Therefore, it is very important that all Ukrainians, even in remote towns, have the opportunity to watch it.”
Days of Ukrainian cinema will be held in Verkhovyna, Kosov and Snyatin from December 23 to 25.
“Wild Field”, “Stolen Princess: Ruslan and Lyudmila”, “Mad Wedding” will be shown in Kosovo and Snyatin. In Verkhovyna, in addition to these tapes, the film “Legend of the Carpathians” will be shown. But the film festival is notable for more than free screenings – after watching these films, the audience will be able to chat with actors who will personally come to present their works.
In particular, Oleg Moskalenko, the performer of the main role, will present “Wild Field”, Lesya Samaeva – “Crazy Wedding”, where she played the role of the bride’s mother, and “The Stolen Princess: Ruslan and Lyudmila” – Roman Lutskyi, who voiced one of the heroes of the cartoon.
We will remind you that the “Days of Ukrainian Cinema” were held in Verkhovyna for the first time last year. This year’s films “Cyborgs”, “Storozhava Zastava”, “Another’s Prayer”, “Border”, etc. were presented by the creators of these films to about three thousand residents of Verkhovyna and residents of the surrounding villages. In the summer, screenings of Ukrainian films were held in the village of Kryvorivnia as part of the First International Forum of Central and Eastern Europe “Via Carpatia”.
The initiator of the project is the Chairman of the Committee on Culture and Spirituality, People’s Deputy of Ukraine, Mykola Kniazhytskyi
Co-organizer – NGO “All-Ukrainian Democratic Forum”,
With the support of the State Film Agency of Ukraine, Ivano-Frankivsk Regional State Administration, Verkhovyna District Council and administration.
With the support of the Ministry of Information Policy, the Molodist International Film Festival is a co-organizer of film screenings in Kosovo and Snyatin.
The information partner is the “Espreso” TV channel.
You can find out more about the schedule of movie screenings by following the links:
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